Check out our searchable table for the top 100 cable originals at the bottom of the post.

NOTE TO READERS: We’re posting a preliminary version of the Top 40 chart for now, to be replaced later this afternoon by the final chart in its regular format. UPDATE: Top 40 with demographics chart now posted.

NETWORK UPDATE: FOX’s US OPEN coverage grew by 0.1 in final numbers, and the same was true for the night’s reruns of THE BIG BANG THEORY and MIKE & MOLLY. There were no adjustments to ASTRONAUTS WIVES CLUB, MISTRESSES, AQUARIUS, HANNIBAL or BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: It was a quiet night on cable, too, with Syfy’s WWE telecast on top, down 0.08 from last week to 0.65, while its lead-out OLYMPUS gained 0.04 to 0.14. BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES (We) rose 0.06 to 0.56, and CUTTING IT IN THE ATL lost a tick to 0.32. On MTV, RIDICULOUSNESS grew by 0.06 to 0.50. History’s MOUNTAIN MEN returned at 0.47, with lead-out ALONE at 0.40. On HGTV, HOUSE HUNTERS gained 0.04 to 0.43, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL stayed at 0.37. USA’s new COMPLICATIONS debuted at an blah 0.41. An atypically serious edition of THE DAILY SHOW (Comedy), which got quite a bit of social media attention, hit the Top 10 at 0.39. Food Network’s BEAT B FLAY was at 0.38. A 6PM Cartoon Network run of STEVEN UNIVERSE rounded out the Top 10 at 0.38. THE COMEDIANS (FX) rose 0.05 to 0.21. Despite the attention given to President Obama appearing on Marc Maron’s podcast, the comic’s MARON (IFC) fell 0.02 to 0.03, with 92K total viewers. If we didn’t mention SMALL TOWN BIG DEAL (RFD), we’d probably be asked about it, and it continued its meager way with a zero 18-49 rating and 49K total viewers.

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 100 Original Cable TelecastsTo search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box.

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday June 18, 2015

P18-49

P2+

Rank

Program

Net

Start

Mins

Rating

(000s)

1

WWE SMACKDOWN: 061815

SYFY

08:00 PM

120

0.65

2,466

2

BRAXTON FAMILY VALUES

WETV

09:00 PM

61

0.56

1,142

3

RIDICULOUSNESS SSN6

MTV

10:00 PM

32

0.50

1,050

4

MOUNTAIN MEN

HISTORY

09:00 PM

63

0.47

2,371

5

HOUSE HUNTERS

HOME AND GARDEN TV

10:00 PM

30

0.43

2,134

6

COMPLICATIONS

USA NETWORK

09:00 PM

117

0.41

1,910

7

ALONE

HISTORY

10:03 PM

60

0.40

1,582

8

DAILY SHOW

COMEDY CENTRAL

11:00 PM

31

0.39

1,134

9

BEAT B.FLAY

FOOD NETWORK

10:00 PM

30

0.38

1,357

10

STEVEN UNIVERSE

THE CARTOON NETWORK

06:00 PM

30

0.38

1,732

11

HOUSE HUNTERS INTL

HOME AND GARDEN TV

10:30 PM

30

0.37

1,826

12

COLLEGE WORLD SERIES L: LSU/TCU

ESPN

08:00 PM

208

0.35

1,245

13

CUTTING IT: IN THE ATL

WETV

10:01 PM

60

0.32

727

14

WOMEN IN PRISON

INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY

10:00 PM

60

0.30

1,032

15

LIFE BELOW ZERO

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL

09:00 PM

60

0.29

1,353

16

PARDON THE INTERRUPTION

ESPN

05:30 PM

30

0.28

691

17

NIGHTLY SHOW

COMEDY CENTRAL

11:31 PM

30

0.27

754

18

CONAN

TBS NETWORK

11:00 PM

60

0.26

587

19

TIME MACHINE

HISTORY

08:00 PM

60

0.26

1,612

20

HANNITY

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

10:00 PM

60

0.26

1,485

21

ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT

CNN

07:00 PM

60

0.26

995

22

CNN TONIGHT

CNN

10:00 PM

60

0.26

1,041

23

SPORTSCENTER 12AM L

ESPN

12:30 AM

30

0.25

530

24

SPORTSCENTER LATE L

ESPN

11:28 PM

62

0.25

664

25

PRISON BREAK: KILLERS ON

INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY

09:00 PM

60

0.25

993

26

KELLY FILE, THE

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

09:00 PM

60

0.24

1,956

27

HOARDERS: FAMILY SECRETS

LIFETIME TELEVISION

09:00 PM

62

0.24

731

28

US OPEN L: FIRST ROUND

FOX SPORTS 1

12:00 PM

480

0.23

1,539

29

FIRST LOOK: BOTCHED

E!

09:00 PM

30

0.21

468

30

LEGAL VIEW

CNN

12:00 PM

60

0.21

1,052

31

THE OREILLY FACTOR

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

08:00 PM

60

0.21

2,278

32

COMEDIANS

FX

10:00 PM

32

0.21

532

33

ANDERSON COOPER 360

CNN

08:00 PM

60

0.21

1,041

34

SITUATION ROOM

CNN

06:00 PM

60

0.21

837

35

LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER

CNN

04:00 PM

60

0.21

1,049

36

SPIKE GUYS CHOICE 2015: 1

SPIKE TV

09:00 PM

124

0.20

410

37

SPORTSCENTER 1AM L

ESPN

01:00 AM

60

0.20

455

38

SPORTSCENTER EARLY L: N/A

ESPN

06:00 PM

120

0.19

399

39

CNN NEWSROOM

CNN

03:00 PM

60

0.18

1,076

40

SEVENTIES

CNN

09:00 PM

60

0.18

901

41

AT MIDNIGHT

COMEDY CENTRAL

12:01 AM

33

0.18

378

42

WOLF

CNN

01:00 PM

60

0.18

947

43

YOU, ME AND DUPREE

HBO PRIME

07:00 PM

109

0.18

312

44

MLB REGULAR SEASON L: MILWAUKEE BREWERS/KANSAS CITY ROYALS

FOX SPORTS 1

08:00 PM

170

0.18

645

45

PARTY DOWN SOUTH II S2

CMT

09:00 PM

60

0.17

428

46

HAPPENING NOW

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

11:00 AM

60

0.17

1,290

47

AROUND THE HORN

ESPN

05:00 PM

30

0.17

421

48

CNN NEWSROOM

CNN

02:00 PM

60

0.17

1,007

49

SITUATION ROOM

CNN

05:00 PM

60

0.17

981

50

AT THIS HOUR

CNN

11:00 AM

60

0.17

974

51

E! NEWS

E!

07:00 PM

60

0.16

406

52

DEAD END EXPRESS

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL

10:00 PM

60

0.16

843

53

HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE

ESPN

04:30 PM

30

0.16

317

54

CNN NEWSROOM

CNN

09:00 AM

60

0.15

809

55

OLYMPUS

SYFY

11:00 PM

60

0.14

416

56

WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE

BRAVO

11:00 PM

30

0.14

335

57

CNN NEWSROOM

CNN

10:00 AM

60

0.14

838

58

FIRST TAKE L: N/A

ESPN2

10:00 AM

120

0.14

318

59

SPORTSCENTER MORNING L

ESPN

02:00 AM

60

0.13

314

60

OUTNUMBERED

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

12:00 PM

60

0.13

1,268

61

CNNI/ CNN NEWSROOM

CNN

01:00 AM

60

0.13

571

62

AMERICAS NEWSROOM

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

10:00 AM

60

0.13

1,376

63

FOX AND FRIENDS

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

08:00 AM

60

0.13

1,233

64

FOX AND FRIENDS

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

07:00 AM

60

0.13

1,004

65

ON THE RECORD W/GRETA

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

07:00 PM

60

0.12

1,517

66

CNNI/ CNN NEWSROOM

CNN

02:00 AM

60

0.12

460

67

NFL LIVE L

ESPN

03:30 PM

60

0.12

264

68

FIVE, THE

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

05:00 PM

60

0.12

1,664

69

SPORTSCENTER AM L

ESPN

09:00 AM

60

0.11

242

70

SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

06:00 PM

60

0.11

1,689

71

PRIME BASEBALL GAME: TEX AT LAD/SF AT SEA

MLB NETWORK

10:08 PM

179

0.11

335

72

SPORTSCENTER AM L

ESPN

12:00 PM

60

0.11

244

73

SPORTSCENTER AM L

ESPN

02:01 PM

29

0.11

253

74

NEW DAY

CNN

08:00 AM

60

0.11

591

75

BLADES OF GLORY

MAXPRIME

10:00 PM

93

0.11

190

76

SPORTSCENTER AM L

ESPN

01:00 PM

61

0.10

237

77

BRINGING UP BATES

UP

09:00 PM

30

0.10

262

78

RACHEL MADDOW SHOW

MSNBC

09:00 PM

60

0.10

1,029

79

HAPPENING NOW

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

01:00 PM

60

0.10

1,102

80

INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO

BRAVO

08:00 PM

60

0.10

460

81

DR DREW

HLN

09:00 PM

60

0.10

402

82

YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

04:00 PM

60

0.10

1,335

83

BREAK

HBO PRIME

08:49 PM

11

0.10

172

84

NEW HIGH: EXTRM SPORTS

CNBC

10:00 PM

60

0.09

268

85

FIRST LOOK: RICHKIDS BH

E!

10:30 PM

30

0.09

237

86

METROPOLIS

TRAVEL CHANNEL

10:00 PM

60

0.09

379

87

BBQ PITMASTERS

DESTINATION AMERICA

10:00 PM

60

0.09

215

88

AMERICAS NEWSROOM

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

09:00 AM

60

0.09

1,342

89

OTL – FIRST REPORT L

ESPN

02:30 PM

30

0.09

233

90

NOTICIERO CON J. DORIGA

GALAVISION

11:32 PM

53

0.09

192

91

HIS & HERS L

ESPN2

12:00 PM

60

0.09

208

92

E! NEWS

E!

11:00 PM

60

0.09

261

93

DAILY SHARE

HLN

12:00 PM

60

0.09

170

94

NEW DAY

CNN

07:00 AM

60

0.09

529

95

KITCHEN NIGHTMARES

BBC-AMERICA

09:00 PM

60

0.09

193

96

SPORTSNATION L

ESPN2

03:00 PM

60

0.08

174

97

MORNING EXPRESS W/ MEADE

HLN

06:00 AM

60

0.08

295

98

NFL INSIDERS L

ESPN

03:00 PM

30

0.08

227

99

LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL

MSNBC

10:00 PM

60

0.08

718

100

METROPOLIS

TRAVEL CHANNEL

09:00 PM

60

0.08

372

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MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.